A union contract?<div><br></div><div>All work done with union labor speaks of a superior quality.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are jumping on the bandwagon of companies trying to spread the anti-union meme as a given, we are on different pages.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think this is at the heart of the question, first.</div><div><br></div><div>Do you buy t-shirts made in sweat shops?</div><div><br></div><div>Victor Kane</div><div><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a></div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Ayen Designs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@ayendesigns.com">info@ayendesigns.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0pt">I am too. My first
question is why a company wouldn't rather use J---- or some other
solution than Drupal, if it comes with a union contract?<br>
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Victor Kane wrote:<br>
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<div>So that would be a new thread (representing the interests of
those working, but also giving useful info to clients...), if people
are interested in discussing that I am.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Alex
Urevick-Ackelsberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Alex@zivtech.com" target="_blank">Alex@zivtech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">I'm
not conflating anything, and if you look back at the thread you'll see
that I'm not advocating (at least not strongly) for a certification
program. I think what we need is a "guild" (or "guilds") or union of
sorts, that can define what it means to be a "Master" at Drupal
development (a la 'Master Plubmer') and provide the framework for
becoming one.
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<div>On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Bill Fitzgerald
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> RE:<br>
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> > And I don't know which marketplace you've been<br>
> > talking to, but the ones I talk to think there needs<br>
> > to be a better way to show that a firm/individual<br>
> > is a Professional Drupal Developer/Development Shop.<br>
><br>
> Every person who spends a penny on anything would like a better
way of ensuring that they aren't wasting their money. To conflate this
very human tendency with the need for a Certification System misses the
point: part of our job is to help people understand exactly what they
are getting with their investment (and as I see it, a client "buys"
access to expertise, which will save them time in the short run and
increase efficiency in the long run).<br>
><br>
> In my past life (aka, before I became a Drupal geek) I spent far
too much time working around people who had excellent paper credentials
but lacked practical skills. These credentials ranged from tech
certifications to PhDs -- none of these are guarantees that the person
holding them knows *anything* about *anything*. One of the elements
about the Drupal community that is refreshing is the complete lack of
reliance on these artificial metrics.<br>
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> Cheers,<br>
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> Bill<br>
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